Introduction to Stata 8 - (GRIPS

Index
A
ado-files ............................... 62
Aggregating data.................. 26
anova ................................. 30
append ............................... 25
Arithmetic operators ............ 20
ASCII data ........................... 17
Axis labels (graphs) ............. 40
Axis options (graphs)........... 40
B
Bar graph options................. 42
Bar graphs ............................ 44
Bartlett's test......................... 31
browse ................................. 6
by: prefix .......................... 15
bysort prefix ................... 15
C
Calculations.......................... 20
cc......................................... 29
char.................................... 32
ci, cii ............................... 60
clear ................................. 16
codebook .......................... 19
collapse .......................... 26
Command line window .......5;7
Command syntax ................. 13
Comma-separated data......... 17
Comments ............................ 15
compress .......................... 54
Conditional commands ........ 14
Confidence interval (graphs) 47
Confidence intervals ............ 60
Connecting lines (graphs)42;47
Continuation lines ................ 15
contract .......................... 26
Cox regression ..................... 35
CPR numbers ....................... 57
cprcheck .......................... 58
Customizing Stata .................. 3
D
Data entry............................. 68
Data set label........................ 18
Data window .......................... 6
Date formats......................... 57
date function...................... 57
Date variables....................... 57
describe .......................... 19
destring .......................... 55
display............................. 60
do........................................... 7
Do-file editor..........................6
Do-files.........................7;10;65
drop ....................................23
dropline (graphs)...........49
E
egen ....................................21
encode ...............................55
Entering data ........................68
EpiData.................................68
epitab command family ...29
Error messages .......................9
Excel.....................................63
expand ...............................26
F
File names ............................10
findit .................................9
Fixed format data .................17
for ......................................22
foreach.............................62
format ...............................12
Format, dates........................57
Format, numeric data............12
Format, strings......................55
forvalues ........................62
Freefield data........................17
function (graphs)...........50
G
generate...........................21
Goodness-of fit test .........33;37
Graph area ............................39
graph bar ........................44
Graph command syntax........39
graph display...............52
graph matrix .................51
Graph options.......................40
graph save......................52
graph twoway
connected ...................47
graph twoway dropline
.........................................49
graph twoway function
.........................................50
graph twoway line .....46
graph twoway rcap .....47
graph twoway rspike 48
graph twoway scatter
.........................................45
graph use ........................52
Graphs ..................................38
Grid lines (graphs)................40
71
H
help ......................................9
histogram ........................43
Hosmer-Lemeshow test ........33
I
ICD-10 codes........................56
if qualifier ................... 14;20
Immediate commands...........60
in qualifier .........................14
infile................................17
infix..................................17
input..................................16
insheet ....................... 17;63
Installing Stata........................3
K
Kaplan-Meier curve..............35
keep ....................................23
Kruskall-Wallis test ..............31
L
label..................................18
Labels ...................................18
lfit ....................................33
Line graphs ...........................46
Linear regression ..................32
list ....................................27
Log files..................................8
Logical operators..................20
logistic...........................33
Logistic regression................33
Logrank test..........................35
Long command lines ............15
lroc ....................................33
lsens..................................33
lstat..................................33
M
Macro....................................62
Mann-Whitney test ...............31
Mantel-Haenszel analysis .....29
Manuals ............................ 9;67
Markers (graphs) ..................42
Matrix scatterplot..................51
mdy function .......................57
Memory considerations ........54
merge..................................25
Missing values......................12